pertinence

[ pur-tn-uhns ]

noun

1. the fact or quality of being directly and significantly related to the matter at hand; relevance:

   The sheer quantity of health information on the Internet makes it challenging for users to judge the pertinence, credibility, and applicability of what is retrieved.

Other Words From

• non·per·ti·nence noun
• non·per·ti·nen·cy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pertinence¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, for an earlier sense; pertin(ent) ( def ) + -ence ( def )

Example Sentences

That question becomes even more pertinent around the winter holidays, so the Center for Disease Control released guidelines on things to keep in mind if you want to celebrate as safely as possible.

From Eater

Within the product panel, brands and manufacturers can make pertinent information easily accessible to shoppers, and retailers have the opportunity to attract those shoppers to their product detail pages.

From Search Engine Land

Thus, local news is more pertinent than ever, and hyper-local media publisher Patch is tracking a growing interest from national advertisers that want to get in front of the audiences that are increasingly consuming regional, state and local news.

From Digiday

We will remain in touch with all of those impacted to provide relevant and pertinent updates regarding this matter as we have them.

From Essence.com

Organization Schema ties in your logo, social profiles and other pertinent information.

From Search Engine Land

This critical remark, alike good tempered and reasonable, might be applied with still greater pertinence to the Kratylus of Plato.

From Project Gutenberg

Although he mentions a publisher's catalogue (which he has not seen), he seems doubtful about its pertinence to the task.

From Project Gutenberg

Its pertinence to a bibliography of bibliographies seems debatable to me.

From Project Gutenberg

He includes material of little pertinence to a bibliography of bibliographies.

From Project Gutenberg

The reader of his articles, political or social, cannot fail to be struck with the pertinence of his quotations and illustrations.

From Project Gutenberg